I have a precious little bundle asleep next to me right now who introduced herself to my arms last Tuesday at 9:49 p.m. I am so thankful to God for Aria and for a safe (but eventful) birth. She is a mellow and sweet newborn ( and I happen to think she is very beautiful too). Her name, Aria, means “beautiful melody” and Sono means “flower garden”. Sono is my husband’s mother’s name. She passed away during the middle of this pregnancy and we miss her sorely.
I know that some of you will be curious about her birth, here is just a very short version of the story. After having mild labor at home most of Tuesday, I finally became convinced that I was truly in labor in the evening. By the time we got to the birthing center I was feeling pretty far along in the labor process, and sure enough, Aria was born in less then two hours! To make it even more exciting she was a surprise breech baby. My midwife handled everything wonderfully, and I was able to deliver her safely and quickly, though having her breech definitely made it more tense at times.
I am on bed rest for a while to help me recover and heal, so things may be a bit quiet here on my blog the next few weeks, though I do have some preplanned posts coming up in our plastic free series.
Meanwhile, I am going to enjoy this new addition to our family!
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Kathy
You are right! She IS beautiful! Congratulations and enjoy this precious time.
Fiona
Congratulations and God bless, happy to hear she arrived safely!
jani
She is beautiful! I’m thankful with you for the safe delivery.
I thought last night that it’d been awhile since I’d seen your blog and it occurred to me that you may have had the baby! 🙂
Lucille Korvin
Oh joy, a new baby!
It so happens that I was born breech as well. When I was little, I used to feel horribly embarressed whenever my mom would tell the story, but I don’t care so much anymore :).
God bless you and your new daughter.
Jen
Oh, she is beautiful and I love her name.
Congrats to you all!
Shirley @ gfe
Oh, she’s so very beautiful, Kimi–congratulations! Do take care of yourself and your family. We’ll wait patiently. 🙂
Hugs and best wishes,
Shirley
Heather
She is a perfect little Angel! Congratulations! God is great!!!
Jeana
She’s so beautiful, Kimi, and a wonderful tribute to your mother in-law. Congratulations, and enjoy this precious time. Praise the Lord for one of his miracles.
kmillecam
Congratulations 🙂
Carmen
Congrats! She is beautiful! Enjoy!
Laura
OH SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!! Congratulations and thank God everything went well for all of you. Bless her, bless her. What an angel!!!
Leslie
Congratulations! Beautiful name for a very beautiful baby!
Heather
She’s beautiful! Congratulations to you all! Enjoy your babymoon!
Julie
Congratulations! I gave birth that day as well. We had a little boy in the morning!
Melissa
Congratulations, Kimmie! Blessings of peace and good health upon your growing family.
Bharathi
Congratulations Kimmie..
Jessica
She is beautiful…Congratulations!
Sarah
Congratulations, she is beautiful.
Britt
What an inspiration! I love hearing stories of vaginal breech births! Here’s to birthing outside the box! Thanks for sharing this with us!
Jennifer
She is a love! What a blessing.
Jennifer
Amanda
Congratulations! I have an Aria too. It is such a beautiful name with a beautiful meaning. My grandmother taught singing at The Ohio State University until she retired, and the Aria is the female solo in an opera, so she is named for my grandmother. Again, congratulations on a job well done mama!
Carol@easytobeglutenfree
Congratulations!
Debbie
I could just sit here all night and gaze at her beauty! Take care of you and your loved ones. Congratulations!
Alice
What a beautiful girl, and a beautiful name. Congratulations!
Sarah Bearden
Congratulations, Kimi! And blessings to you and your family and good health for all of you.
Jennifer C.
Oh congratulations! That is such a blessing and she is so very beautiful!
Dusti
Congratulations! Beautiful baby, beautiful name with wonderful meaning! My baby girl was a surprise natural breech too, but in the hospital (very eventful!)…in Nebraska they don’t allow home births and don’t really have birthing centers either…much to my dismay. I praise God everyday that we did not get unnecessary ultrasounds or I would have had a mandatory C-section! Enjoy little Aria!
Tara
Oh she is just beautiful! Congratulations!!
Pippi
congratulations! what a beautiful little girl!
hannah
Wonderful to hear about the precious new life!
annette boitz
Congratulations. Such a precious gift.
Lauren
Congratulations! She is so adorable and I love her name!
Mary C.
Congratulations!!! How wonderful your midwife knew how to help you give birth breech!
Ali @ The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen
Kimi – Happy Birth-day to Aria. What a lovely birth story! 🙂
Linda Osmond
Congratulations! What a beautiful blessing she is. So thankful that God’s presence and protection was over both of you. Thanks for sharing your news! I had no idea that Sono Harris was your mother-in-law. Many people will miss her. You have been blessed with a wonderful extended family.
Meg
Kimi, I just saw this – congratulations! She’s beautiful.